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Office
1500 SW 10th Ave
Topeka, KS 66604Phone+1 785-354-6000Fax+1 816-234-3589
Summary
- Dr. Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon is a Child Neurologist in Kansas City, MO and is affiliated with several hospitals in the area, including The University of Kansas Health System and Children's Mercy Kansas City. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. He is fluent in French. His areas of expertise include Angelman Syndrome, neurocutaneous disorders, mitochondrial diseases, epilepsy, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus, and neurogenomics.
Education & Training
- Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Child Neurology, 2004 - 2007
- Driscoll Children's Hospital/Texas A&M College of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 2002 - 2004
- Baylor College of MedicineClass of 2002
- Baylor College of MedicinePh.D., Neurosciences, 2000
- Gannon UniversityB.S., Major: Chemistry; Minor: Biology, Summa Cum Laude, 1988 - 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- KS State Medical License 2007 - 2025
- MO State Medical License 2008 - 2025
- OK State Medical License 2021 - 2024
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Recipient of the Daniel Scagliotti Teaching Award Children’s Mercy Hospital, 2014
- Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), 2014
- Golden Apple Mentor Award Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, 2012-2013, 2015-2016
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 100 citationsClinical Presentation of a Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorder Caused by Mutations in ADNPAnke Van Dijck, Anneke T. Vulto-van Silfhout, Elisa Cappuyns, Ilse M. van der Werf, Grazia M.S. Mancini
Biological Psychiatry. 2019-02-15 - 11 citationsThe efficacy and tolerability of auto-stimulation-VNS in children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.Sherouk A Abdelmoity, Ayman A. Abdelmoity, Sean M. Riordan, Christian Kaufman, Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon
Seizure. 2021-03-01 - 15 citationsInitiating the ketogenic diet in infants with treatment refractory epilepsy while maintaining a breast milk diet.J.B. Le Pichon, Lindsey M Thompson, Megan Gustafson, Ahmed Abdelmoity
Seizure. 2019-07-01
Journal Articles
- Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere Syndrome as a Mimic of Neuroimmune Disorders: 3 Cases From the Clinic and Review of the LiteratureAllison, T., Roncero, I., Forsyth, R., Coffman, K., & Pichon, J. B. L., Journal of Child Neurology, 1/1/2017
- A Hypothesis for Using Pathway Genetic Load Analysis for Understanding Complex Outcomes in Bilirubin EncephalopathySean M. Riordan, Douglas C. Bittel, Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon, Silvia Gazzin, Claudio Tiribelli, Jon F. Watchko, Richard P.Wennberg, and Steven M. Shapiro, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 1/1/2016
- Biallelic Mutations in TBCD, Encoding the Tubulin Folding Cofactor D, Perturb Microtubule Dynamics and Cause Early-Onset EncephalopathyFlex E, Niceta M, Cecchetti S, Thiffault I, Au MG, Capuano A, Piermarini E, Ivanova AA, Francis JW, Chillemi G, Chandramouli B, Carpentieri G, Haaxma CA, Ciolfi A, Piz..., American Journal of Human Genetics, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Escaping X-inactivation: A New Perspective on KIAA2022-Related Disorders: Allosome Imprinting & Sexual Phenotypic Dimorphism.Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon, Carol Saunders, Emily Farrow, Sarah Soden, Sumit Parikh, Isabelle Thiffault, Child Neurology Society, 45th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1/1/2016
- Poster 76. Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere Syndrome Mistaken for Neuroimmune Disorders: Three Cases from the Clinic and Review of the Literature.Allison, T.J., Forsyth, R., Coffman, K.A., Le Pichon, JB, Child Neurology Society, 44th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2015
- What are the Molecular Mechanisms that Govern Region Specific Vulnerability to Bilirubin in the Central Nervous System?Le Pichon, J.B., Bittel, D., Shapiro, S., Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1/1/2014
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Lectures
- Exomes, Genomes, GWAS and Still No Answers-Gee Whiz, Where Do We Go Next?University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS - 1/13/2017
- Point and Counterpoint: Treating Neonatal Subclinical Seizures or Not.Kansas City, MO - 1/8/2016
- Standard Protocol for Initiating AED Therapy in NewbornsInn on Biltmore Estates, Asheville, NC - 1/28/2015
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Other
- Inside Pediatrics Children's Mercy Kansas City Season 2Le Pichon, J.B., KMBC-TV
Kansas City, MO - 1/1/2015 - Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Children Suspected in Multiple States, Prompting Comparisons to PolioDan Hurley, Article-In-Brief, comment by Dr. Le Pichon, Neurology Today
1/6/2014 - Inside Pediatrics Children’s Mercy Kansas City Season 1Le Pichon, J.B., KMBC-TV
Kansas City, MO - 1/1/2014 - Join now to see all
Authored Content
- Diagnostic Yield of Genetic Testing in 324 Infants with HypotoniaSeptember 2021
Grant Support
- HRSA-19-060: Transforming Health Care for Children and Youth with EpilepsyHRSA2019–2023
Professional Memberships
- Child Neurology SocietyMember
- Member
- Member
Other Languages
- French
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